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Pilots trust the iPad because it is easily the most reliable and functional tablet available today. Even with this reliability, it’s important that you periodically take time and dive deeper into your iPad’s settings, apps and accessories to make sure everything is configured properly to ensure peak performance.
Here’s a list of tasks you should consider performing once a year to keep it running at peak performance.
Weight and balance is a chore for most pilots – important, but time consuming and a little tedious. One of the best apps early on was Aviation W&B Calculator, and now it’s back with new iOS and Android versions.
The iPad is an engaging visual tool, but many pilots forget about its many audio uses. Especially for those pilots who worry about spending too much “heads-down” time with the iPad, it’s worth understanding how apps use audio to make flying more efficient and safe. Let’s look at some of the options, and how to set up an audio connection to your headset.
The number of aviation apps seems to expand daily, with thousands of options for flight training, weather briefings, games and so much more. With that in mind, compiling a list of the top apps may seem foolish, but we’re going to try – after all, a brand new iPad pilot needs to start somewhere. The list below isn’t necessarily our 20 favorite apps, but rather the ones we see in use most often, and are worth considering for any pilot’s tablet.
Over time, as you download more apps and take more pictures, you may run into an alert on your iPad that says “Storage almost full” when downloading apps or aviation charts. This means it’s time to start thinking about freeing up some space by deleting unused apps and media. Here are 8 ways to do that.
The hidden Control Center screen remains one of the most useful features on iPhone and iPad, allowing you to quickly access commonly-used settings and apps. It’s especially useful during iPad preflight, allowing you to quickly optimize wireless and network settings before takeoff without the need to leave your EFB app.
While ADS-B Out avionics are pretty simple to operate (they’re basically just upgraded transponders), it is important to ensure your system is working properly. Simply choosing the wrong setting during installation can lead to significant errors, and we’ve heard a number of stories where this has happened. Fortunately, it’s free and easy to check.
We published well over 100 articles this year at iPad Pilot News, covering everything from new app features to advanced tips. What were the most popular posts of the year? Here’s our top 10 list.
As 2018 winds down, we’re looking back at another busy year in the world of iPad apps and accessories. There was no miracle cure for in-flight connectivity, no major Android expansion, and no new iPad Mini (you could even say iPad sales were flat). And yet – at least for pilots – tablets and electronic flight bag apps have never been more important or more popular. Here’s a look at some of the trends we saw in 2018.
The updates continue to roll out for Sporty’s Pilot Training app, aviation’s top resource for flight training courses for iPhone, iPad, AppleTV and Android devices. The latest updates delivers new test prep features, new avionics training courses and support for the new iPad Pro 11″ and 12.9″ models.
By default, Stratus 2, 2S, and 3 are always recording during flight, logging position, speed, altitude, and AHRS-driven attitude – up to 20 hours at a time. Once the flights are logged, there are a variety of options for playing back a flight. Let’s review the options.
If you’ve been flying with an older iPad (like an iPad Air or Pro 9.7″), the new iPad Pro models may be confusing at first. They do require some new gestures, but once you get used to them, it’s quite intuitive. Let’s review all the options.
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